{"id":885,"date":"2026-06-08T07:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T07:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/road-safety\/?post_type=speaker&#038;p=885"},"modified":"2026-06-23T03:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T03:59:40","slug":"dr-rohit-baluja","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/et-edge.com\/conferences\/road-safety\/speaker\/dr-rohit-baluja\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Rohit Baluja"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"885\" class=\"elementor elementor-885\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ddb1ac e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"2ddb1ac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-603573b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"603573b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;htmega_fe&quot;:&quot;no&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Rohit Baluja holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Birmingham.<br>In 1991, he founded the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) as a not-for-profit <br>organization in New Delhi, with the objective of building institutional capacity in traffic <br>management and road safety in India. He subsequently conceived, personally <br>invested in, and established the College of Traffic Management &amp; Forensic <br>Science in the National Capital Region\u2014a unique institution designed as a single <br>integrated umbrella for research, training, and capacity building across traffic <br>management, road safety, and road accident investigation. The College has been <br>recognized by the United Nations as a Centre of Excellence in Road Safety for the <br>South-East Asian Region.<br><br><\/p><p>Dr. Baluja is a member of the United Nations Road Safety Collaboration and, as <br>President of IRTE, serves as an Observer at the United Nations Global Forum for <br>Road Traffic Safety (WP.1). IRTE has been granted Roster Consultative Status <br>with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and has signed a <br>Memorandum of Understanding with the United Nations to promote road safety <br>initiatives in South-East Asia.<br><br><\/p><p>He has contributed to the development of innovative institutional and field-based <br>interventions, including the Mobile Crash Investigation &amp; Enforcement Laboratory <br>(Interceptor), which has been recognized on two occasions at the National Republic <br>Day Parade, and the establishment of India\u2019s first Traffic Engineering Centre in <br>Gurugram, with a second centre currently being developed in Nagpur.<br><br><\/p><p>IRTE received the first National Road Safety Award instituted by the Ministry of <br>Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) in 2000. In the same year, IRTE was <br>conferred the Prince Michael International Road Safety Award, the first such <br>recognition awarded outside the United Kingdom. Dr. Baluja was also honoured by the <br>Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), becoming the first <br>recipient outside the UK to be recognized for contributions to road safety.<br><br><\/p><p>Dr. Baluja continues to be actively engaged in capacity building, training police <br>officers in traffic enforcement and crash investigation, roadway engineers in <br>traffic engineering and road safety audit, judicial officers in justice for <br>sustainable mobility, and transport department officials in driver licensing and <br>training systems<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Rohit Baluja holds a PhD in Civil Engineering from the University of Birmingham.In 1991, he founded the Institute of Road Traffic Education (IRTE) as a not-for-profit organization in New Delhi, with the objective of building institutional capacity in traffic management and road safety in India. 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